Lan (surname 兰)

Not to be confused with Lan (surname 蓝).

Lan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 兰 in simplified Chinese and 蘭 in traditional Chinese. As of 2008, it is the 154th most common surname in China, shared by 840,000 people.^[1] Lan 蘭 is not listed in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[2]

Lan (兰/蘭)

Pronunciation	Lán (Mandarin)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Meaning	Orchid

The people of the Xiongnu Lan (tribe) assimilated into Han Chinese culture and were given the surname Lan.

Notable people surnamed Lan

This is a Chinese name, meaning the surname is stated before the given name, though Chinese persons living in Western countries will often put their surname after their given name.

• Consort Lan (兰淑仪; 4th century), mother of Murong Chui, founding emperor of Later Yan
• Lan Han (蘭汗; died 398), Later Yan official who briefly usurped the throne
• Princess Lan (蘭王妃; 4th–5th century), wife of Murong Sheng, emperor of Later Yan
• Lan Qin (蘭欽), Liang dynasty general
• Lan Jing (蘭京; died 549), son of Lan Qin, assassinated Gao Cheng, emperor of Northern Qi
• Lan Mao (蘭茂; 1397–1470) Ming dynasty poet and author on medicine,^[3] who is the namesake of the fungal genus Lanmaoa^[4]
• Lan Dixi (蘭第錫; 1736–1797), Qing dynasty Vice Minister of War
• Lan Pu (兰浦; 19th century), Qing dynasty author
• Lan Fu (兰馥; 1885–1964), general of the Yunnan clique
• Lan Xichun (兰锡纯; 1907–1995), pioneering surgeon
• Lan Lijun (兰立俊), Chinese ambassador to Indonesia, Canada, and Sweden
• Lan Shili (兰世立; born 1966), founder and former CEO of East Star Airlines
• Lan Xuan (蘭萱; born 1966), Taiwanese TV presenter
• Lan Wei (蘭衛; born 1968), Olympic diver
• Lan Boning (兰泊宁; born 1971), novelist
• Lan Ya Ming (兰雅明; 1972–2002), Chinese teacher and murder victim who was killed in Singapore
• Lan Xiaolong (兰晓龙; born 1973), screenwriter and novelist
• Lan Lixin (兰丽新; born 1979), middle-distance runner
• Lan Yu (兰玉; born 1986), fashion designer
• Lan Xing (兰兴; born 1990), Olympic shooter
• Lan Xiya (兰西雅; born 1998), Chinese actress and singer

References

1. 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
2. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
3. page 5 of 9 "It was written in about fourteen to fifteen century by Lan Mao, a physician of Ming Dynasty"
4. Wu G, Zhao K, Li YC, Zeng NK, Feng B, Halling R, Yang ZL (2015). "Four new genera of the fungal family Boletaceae" (PDF). Fungal Diversity. 81: 7. doi:10.1007/s13225-015-0322-0. S2CID 12387063. Lan Mao (1397–1476, Ming Dynasty), an ancient Chinese botanist